by Lindsey Hill RD, SNS | Sep 21, 2022
Productivity Matters: How School Nutrition Program Operators Can Boost Productivity (To Prevent) Losing Their Sanity School nutrition program operators and their teams have a significant burden as they orchestrate, prepare, and distribute food for hundreds or...
by Lindsey Hill RD, SNS | Aug 19, 2022
Free Resources School Meals are Worth the Price: Delivering Value and Benefits for Families that Far Outweigh the Cost Why Must Families Pay for Meals Now? Since 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts have been able to offer meals at no charge...
by Lindsey Hill RD, SNS | Jun 17, 2022
Budget Strategies for SY 22-23 (Part Two): Focus on Worrying about Monitoring our Present, and Guessing Creating our Future In part 2 of our budget strategies blog series, we will look at the steps any school nutrition leader can and should take right now to...
by Lindsey Hill RD, SNS | May 18, 2022
Budget Strategies for SY 22-23 (Part One): Building a Realistic Game Plan As school nutrition professionals we know that preparing for next school year will be different than any other year in our past. There are so many unknowns. Will we maintain the increase in...
by Lindsey Hill RD, SNS | Apr 14, 2022
Fixed vs. Variable (Costs and Revenue): Budgets, Monitoring, and Making Necessary Adjustments “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln As a school nutrition director, I’ve experienced firsthand how important financial management...
